Chapter 416 - 416: Phantoms Story (1/2)

”It's about your real father, Cedrick Falcon. I knew him.”

Elle didn't expect to hear that from Master Phantom. They've been together for so many years now but Elle and Phantom never talked about her family most especially her parents.

Thinking back, Elle was curious how Phantom ended up coming to their house on that day. Because of that, Phantom was able to save her. She was barely alive when Phantom found her.

”Are you willing to talk about the past now, Elle?” Phantom asked her worriedly. He was afraid that if they talked about the past it would bring up her wound and triggered her negative emotions to resurface.

”I'm okay now, Master. I'm ready to listen to your story.”

Phantom guided her towards the leather couch and both of them sat down. Phantom began to tell her what happened in the past and his first encounter with Agent Cedrick Falcon, Elle's father.

”25 years ago when I decided to go this path. That's the time when my wife and my son were killed. Police authorities failed to catch the culprits. They didn't even get any lead or what's the motive. They said it's robbery. They did catch the robber. But everything seemed suspicious.”

Elle first heard about the story of her Master when she was rescued by him after attempting to commit suicide. She could remember it so well. After hearing his life story, that's the time she found her reason to stay alive.

Phantom paused for a moment as his mind wandered back to what happened to him and his family.

Phantom was just an ordinary Taekwondo instructor, living a simple life with his family. His wife was a chemist. She was working in a small research facility in the city. But everything changed because of that one night.

He went home late that night because his students won the taekwondo tournaments. They went out to celebrate. The moment Phantom arrived home, his wife and his son were already bathing with their own blood.

Phantom screamed, weeping and bawling while hugging the lifeless body of his wife and his son. At that time, he questioned God why that tragedy happened to his family. He's a good man and so his wife. Their son was innocent. No one held a grudge against them. They were not even rich why would robbers target his household? There were bigger houses nearby.

At that time, he also wanted to die. Then he saw something in his wife's hand. She was clutching a small glass bottle with a cork. There was an X-mark on it. He could see the purple liquid substance inside the glass bottle. He thought it was poison so he immediately drank it in one go. But to his disappointment, nothing happened. He didn't die.